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All goes quiet for 'Silent Hills' as Konami pulls the plug

The game development dream team that would have brought Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus together for a new chapter in the Silent Hill series is dead, Konami confirms.

"Konami is committed to new Silent Hill titles, however the embryonic 'Silent Hills' project developed with Guillermo del Toro and featuring the likeness of Norman Reedus will not be continued," the publisher's statement reads. "Discussions on future Silent Hill projects are currently underway, so please stay tuned for further announcements."

The first indication that Silent Hills might be cancelled came last Friday, when an update on Konami's website confirmed that P.T.,, the playable Silent Hills teaser distributed on PlayStation Network, would be removed from the service on April 29. According to the publisher, "the distribution period and license usage within the demo have both now expired."

Del Toro expressed his disappointment with the news during an appearance at the San Francisco Film Festival (via Matt Hackney on Twitter).

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